The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Julie Andrews
Fräulein Maria
Christopher Plummer
Captain Georg von Trapp
Eleanor Parker
Baroness Elsa von Schraeder
Richard Haydn
Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood
Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr
Liesl von Trapp
Heather Menzies
Louisa von Trapp
Nicholas Hammond
Friedrich von Trapp
Duane Chase
Kurt von Trapp
Angela Cartwright
Brigitta von Trapp
Debbie Turner
Marta von Trapp
Kym Karath
Gretl von Trapp
Anna Lee
Sister Margaretta
George Hurdalek
Writer
Portia Nelson
Sister Berthe
Ben Wright
Herr Zeller
Daniel Truhitte
Rolfe
Norma Varden
Frau Schmidt
Gilchrist Stuart
Franz
Marni Nixon
Sister Sophia
Evadne Baker
Sister Bernice
Doris Lloyd
Baroness Ebberfeld
Ada Beth Lee
Sister Catherine (uncredited)
Doreen Tryden
Sister Agatha (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Lee
Captain Georg von Trapp (singing voice) (uncredited)
Margery MacKay
Mother Abbess (singing voice) (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Party Guest
Robert Wise
Director / Producer
William Reynolds
Editor
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Lee Wallace
Casting
Saul Chaplin
Associate Producer
Peter Levathes
Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Irwin Kostal
Original Music Composer / Conductor / Music Arranger / Music Supervisor
Boris Leven
Production Design
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Saul Wurtzel
Unit Production Manager
Ridgeway Callow
Assistant Director
Richard Rodgers
Songs / Lyricist / Music
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist / Music
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 29, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 54m
Content RatingG
Budget$8,200,000
Box Office$286,214,286
Filming LocationsAustria
Genres
Wiki.
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical, composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, the film is set in Salzburg, Austria, and is a fictional retelling of her experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938.Filming took place from March to September 1964 in Los Angeles and Salzburg. The Sound of Music was released on March 2, 1965, in the United States, initially as a limited roadshow theatrical release. Although initial critical response to the film was mixed, it was a major commercial success, becoming the number one box office film after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, The Sound of Music had become the highest-grossing film of all-time—surpassing Gone with the Wind—and held that distinction for five years. The film was just as popular throughout the world, breaking previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries. Following an initial theatrical release that lasted four and a half years, and two successful re-releases, the film sold 283 million admissions worldwide and earned a total worldwide gross of $286 million.
The Sound of Music received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Wise's second pair of both awards, the first being from the 1961 film West Side Story. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed The Sound of Music as the fifty-fifth greatest American film of all time, and the fourth-greatest film musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".